Nanoparticle foaming agents for major gas fields in China
XIONG Chunming,CAO Guangqiang,ZHANG Jianjun,LI Nan,XU Wenlong,WU Junwen,LI Jun,ZHANG Na
Table 8 Comparison tests in same-block and same-well type of conventional and nano-particle foaming agents in Sulige gas field.
Conditions Comparison item Conventional
foaming agent
Nano-particle
foaming agent
Improve-
ment/%
Before
operation
Number of operation wells 160 30
Benchmark production/(104 m3?d-1) 0.236 0 0.235 5
Average tubing pressure/MPa 1.241 3 1.284 4
Average casing pressure/MPa 10.57 10.54
After
operation
Effective rate/% 74.79 89.83 15.04
Average single-well cumulative gas production increment/104 m3 13.202 29.820 125.87
Usage per 10,000 cubic meters of gas increased/L 19.817 8.709 -56.05
Number of operations per 10,000 cubic meters of gas increased 1.549 0.600 -61.26